Subject Area
Architectural Engineering
Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
The value of heritage buildings and their surroundings has developed due to the change of the first functional purpose for which they were built. Many old heritage areas as well as the urban surroundings of the old Seat of Government such as Salah El-Din Citadel in Cairo suffer from neglect and increasing deterioration of its urban settings. The study aims to formulate an integrated urban strategy to help conservation of the historic seats of government buildings and their surroundings to adapt with new functions and developed land use. The selected case of the study is Salah El-Din square in Historic Cairo. To attain its aims, the study analyzes three building types in the study zone that need conservation and reuse. The paper develops an approach to track and assess causes and consequences. It explores the prospective scenarios of heritage restoration and appropriating new functions that ensure sustainable conservation of the site.
Keywords
Historic Cairo, Conservation, Heritage Sites, Tangible and Intangible Cultures
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
El-Din, Ahmad Salah; Foda, Mohand Ali; Sheta, Sherif A.; and Gizawi, Lamis El
(2023)
"Critical Review of Building Usability in Historic Cairo,"
Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 49
:
Iss.
1
, Article 5.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.58491/2735-4202.3119
